Law firm · Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Canberra, Darwin
Clayton Utz
- Deals
- 60
- M&A
- 50
- Equity raisings
- 10
- Latest
- Oct 2026
What they do
Australian law firm with offices in Brisbane, Canberra, Darwin, Melbourne, Perth and Sydney that advises on mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, private equity and finance transactions, including for private capital investors.
- Services
- M&A law, Capital markets law, Private equity law, Banking and finance law, Competition and regulatory approvals, Restructuring and insolvency law
- Specialties
- Metals & Mining, Energy, Healthcare & Pharmaceuticals, Infrastructure, Financial Services, Consumer & Retail
- Deal size
- Recorded deals: median A$282m, from A$4.6m to A$6.7bn
- Clients
- Private equity, Investors and funds
From claytonutz.com, checked 7 Nov 2026: /services/transactions, /, /sectors/private-capital
Deals
Columns
60 of 60 deals
| Advisers | ||||||||||
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| Oct 2026 | Evie Networks | – | Ampol | Acquisition | Legal adviser to Ampol (acquirer) | Announced | 225.0 | Electricity and gas networks and retail | Ampol acquisition of Evie Networks | |
| Oct 2026 | C3 | Brookfield | InfraRed Capital Partners | Acquisition | Legal adviser to InfraRed Capital Partners (acquirer) | Announced | – | Business and professional services | Chapman Tripp (buy-side)Grant Samuel (buy-side) | InfraRed Capital Partners acquisition of C3 |
| Sep 2026 | Ausbuild Group | – | Sekisui Chemical Co. | Acquisition | Legal adviser to Sekisui Chemical Co. (acquirer) | Announced | 335.0 | Engineering and construction | Nishimura & Asahi (buy-side) | Sekisui Chemical Co. acquisition of Ausbuild Group |
| Sep 2026 | Gawara Baya project | Windlab | Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners | Acquisition | Legal adviser to Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (acquirer) | Completed | – | Renewable energy and storage | Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer (sell-side)White & Case (buy-side) | Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners acquisition of Gawara Baya project |
| Aug 2026 | Broken Hill Mines | – | – | Placement | Legal adviser to the issuer | Completed | 90.0 | Copper and base metals | Petra Capital (lead manager)Euroz Hartleys (lead manager)Blue Ocean Equities (lead manager)Peloton Capital (lead manager)Rimon Law (lead manager) | Broken Hill Mines placement |
| Aug 2026 | Peet | – | Ingenia Communities Group | Scheme | Legal adviser to Peet (target) | Announced | 1,000.0 | Property development and services | Goldman Sachs (sell-side)VECTOR Advisors (sell-side)EY (sell-side)Kroll (sell-side)BDO (sell-side) | Ingenia Communities Group acquisition of Peet |
| Aug 2026 | AMES Australasia (Griffon Australia and New Zealand business unit) | Griffon | Investment group led by the management of AMES Australasia | Acquisition | Legal adviser to Griffon (seller) | Completed | 300.0 | Home building and durables | Investment group led by the management of AMES Australasia acquisition of AMES Australasia (Griffon Australia and New Zealand business unit) | |
| Jun 2026 | Australian Mobile Telecommunications Association (AMTA) | – | – | Merger | Legal adviser to Australian Mobile Telecommunications Association (AMTA) | Completed | – | Telecommunications and digital infrastructure | Sparke Helmore | Australian Telecommunications Alliance (ATA) and Australian Mobile Telecommunications Association (AMTA) merger |
| Jun 2026 | Moorabbin Airport | Goodman Group | Barings | Acquisition | Legal adviser to Goodman Group (seller) | Announced | 1,500.0 | Transport infrastructure | Allens (buy-side) | Barings acquisition of Moorabbin Airport |
| Jun 2026 | MCT Automotive Group | – | Toyota Tsusho | Acquisition | Legal adviser to Toyota Tsusho (acquirer) | Completed | – | Automotive | Toyota Tsusho acquisition of MCT Automotive Group | |
| May 2026 | Russell Corp. Australia | Russell Brands | Gray-Nicolls Sports | Acquisition | Legal adviser to Russell Brands (seller) | Completed | – | Consumer brands and apparel | Gray-Nicolls Sports acquisition of Russell Corp. Australia | |
| May 2026 | NGI Stable Growth Portfolio (portfolio of Net Revenue Share interests in 17 alternative asset managers) | Stable Asset Management LP | Navigator Global Investments | Asset sale | Legal adviser to Navigator Global Investments (acquirer) | Completed | 264.2 | Asset and wealth management | Macquarie Capital (buy-side)Kirkland & Ellis (buy-side)Seward & Kissel (sell-side)MinterEllison (sell-side) | Navigator Global Investments acquisition of NGI Stable Growth Portfolio (portfolio of Net Revenue Share interests in 17 alternative asset managers) |
| May 2026 | Invision Marketing Services | – | Nelnet | Acquisition | Legal adviser to Nelnet (acquirer) | Announced | – | Software | Nelnet acquisition of Invision Marketing Services | |
| Mar 2026 | Catalyst Cyber | – | Infotrust | Acquisition | Legal adviser to Catalyst Cyber (target) | Pending | – | IT services | Infotrust acquisition of Catalyst Cyber | |
| Mar 2026 | Ardea Resources | – | – | Placement | Legal adviser to the issuer | Completed | 7.0 | Lithium and battery metals | Petra Capital (lead manager) | Ardea Resources placement |
| Mar 2026 | Richard Jay | Shareholders of Richard Jay | Fortitude Investment Partners | Acquisition | Legal adviser to Shareholders of Richard Jay (seller) | Announced | – | Business and professional services | BDO (buy-side) | Fortitude Investment Partners acquisition of Richard Jay |
| Mar 2026 | ModnPods | – | Queensland Investment Corporation (QIC) | Stake | Legal adviser to Queensland Investment Corporation (QIC) (acquirer) | Completed | – | Home building and durables | Queensland Investment Corporation (QIC) stake in ModnPods | |
| Feb 2026 | Bapcor | – | – | Entitlement offer | Legal adviser to the lead managers | Completed | 200.0 | Automotive | Macquarie Capital (lead manager)Ashurst Perkins Coie (issuer) | Bapcor entitlement offer |
| Feb 2026 | Revolution Private Credit Income Trust | – | – | Placement | Legal adviser to the lead managers | Completed | 60.0 | Listed investment vehicles | National Australia Bank (lead manager)Morgans (lead manager)E&P Capital (lead manager) | Revolution Private Credit Income Trust placement |
| Feb 2026 | Riverside Marine Holdings | – | Bhagwan Marine | Acquisition | Legal adviser to Bhagwan Marine (acquirer) | Completed | 130.0 | Transport and logistics | Euroz Hartleys (buy-side)BDO (buy-side) | Bhagwan Marine acquisition of Riverside Marine Holdings |
| Jan 2026 | Hamilton Island | Oatley Family | Blackstone | Acquisition | Legal adviser to Blackstone (acquirer) | Completed | – | Hospitality, leisure and gaming | Ashurst Perkins Coie (sell-side) | Blackstone acquisition of Hamilton Island |
| Jan 2026 | PNB Consolidated | – | Lion | Acquisition | Legal adviser to Lion (acquirer) | Completed | – | Household and personal products | Lion acquisition of PNB Consolidated | |
| Jan 2026 | Gilmour Space Technologies | – | National Reconstruction Fund | Stake | Legal adviser to the issuer | Completed | – | Defence and aerospace | National Reconstruction Fund stake in Gilmour Space Technologies | |
| Dec 2025 | Champion Iron | – | – | Placement | Legal adviser to Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec | Announced | 152.3 | Iron ore and steel | Fasken | Champion Iron placement |
| Dec 2025 | National Storage REIT | – | Iridium SP BidCo | Scheme | Legal adviser to National Storage REIT (target) | Completed | 6,700.0 | REITs and property funds | Citi (sell-side)J.P. Morgan (sell-side)Kroll (sell-side)EY (sell-side)Ashurst Perkins Coie | Brookfield Asset Management acquisition of National Storage REIT |
| Dec 2025 | Urgent and Techniche EV | Techniche | Titan Cloud Software | Acquisition | Legal adviser to Titan Cloud Software (acquirer) | Completed | – | Software | Mills & Reeve (buy-side)Bass, Berry & Sims (buy-side) | Titan Cloud Software acquisition of Urgent and Techniche EV |
| Nov 2025 | Four diversified agricultural businesses | – | Duxton Farms | Scheme | Legal adviser to Duxton Farms (acquirer) | Completed | – | Agriculture and agribusiness | Duxton Farms acquisition of Four diversified agricultural businesses | |
| Nov 2025 | Duxton Farms | – | – | Equity raising | Legal adviser to the issuer | Announced | – | Agriculture and agribusiness | Duxton Farms equity raising | |
| Nov 2025 | NiuPay | – | Kina Securities | Stake | Legal adviser to Kina Securities (acquirer) | Announced | 7.6 | Payments and fintech | Kina Securities stake in NiuPay | |
| Nov 2025 | WorkPac Group | – | Tasmea | Acquisition | Legal adviser to WorkPac Group (target) | Completed | – | Business and professional services | Tasmea acquisition of WorkPac Group | |
| Oct 2025 | Eagers Automotive | – | – | Entitlement offer | Legal adviser to the issuer | Completed | 502.0 | Automotive | Barrenjoey (lead manager)Morgans (lead manager) | Eagers Automotive entitlement offer |
| Oct 2025 | Taylors Swan Hill | – | Titan Machinery Holdings Australia | Acquisition | Legal adviser to Titan Machinery Holdings Australia (acquirer) | Completed | – | Industrial products and machinery | Titan Machinery acquisition of Taylors Swan Hill | |
| Oct 2025 | CanadaOne | – | Eagers Automotive | Acquisition | Legal adviser to Eagers Automotive (acquirer) | Announced | 1,000.0 | Automotive | Blakes (buy-side) | Eagers Automotive acquisition of CanadaOne |
| Sep 2025 | Revolution Private Credit Income Trust | – | – | IPO | Legal adviser to the lead managers | Listed | 400.0 | Listed investment vehicles | Morgans (lead manager)E&P Capital (lead manager)National Australia Bank (lead manager)Canaccord Genuity (lead manager)CommSec (lead manager)Wilsons Advisory (lead manager)MST Financial (lead manager)Shaw and Partners (lead manager)Corrs Chambers Westgarth (issuer)Bell Gully (issuer)EY (issuer) | Revolution Private Credit Income Trust IPO |
| Sep 2025 | 360 Capital Group | – | TT Investments | Takeover | Legal adviser to 360 Capital Group (target) | Completed | – | Asset and wealth management | K&L Gates (buy-side)Morgans (buy-side)EY (sell-side)Grant Thornton (sell-side) | TT Investments acquisition of 360 Capital Group |
| Sep 2025 | Solventum purification and filtration (P&F) business | Solventum Corp | Thermo Fisher Scientific | Asset sale | Legal adviser to Solventum Corp (seller) | Announced | 6,157.2 | Medical devices and technology | Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton (sell-side) | Thermo Fisher Scientific acquisition of Solventum purification and filtration (P&F) business |
| Sep 2025 | Around 340 mobile tower and rooftop sites | Optus | Waveconn | Asset sale | Legal adviser to Optus (seller) | Pending | – | Telecommunications and digital infrastructure | Baker McKenzie (buy-side) | Waveconn acquisition of Around 340 mobile tower and rooftop sites |
| Sep 2025 | Yangibana Rare Earths and Niobium Project | Hastings Technology Metals | Wyloo Metals | Joint venture | Legal adviser to Wyloo Metals (acquirer) | Completed | – | Rare earths, mineral sands and critical minerals | Wyloo Metals acquisition of Yangibana Rare Earths and Niobium Project | |
| Aug 2025 | PwC's insolvency and restructuring services business | PwC | Teneo Financial Advisory Australia | Asset sale | Legal adviser to PwC partners involved in the insolvency and restructuring services business (seller) | Completed | – | Business and professional services | Teneo Financial Advisory Australia acquisition of PwC's insolvency and restructuring services business | |
| Aug 2025 | Telecare | – | Teladoc Health International | Acquisition | Legal adviser to Teladoc Health International (acquirer) | Completed | – | Hospitals, clinics and aged care | Teladoc Health International acquisition of Telecare | |
| Jul 2025 | Peter Stevens Motorcycles and Harley Heaven dealerships | Administrators of the Peter Stevens and Harley Heaven businesses | MotorCycle Holdings | Asset sale | Legal adviser to MotorCycle Holdings (acquirer) | Announced | – | Automotive | MotorCycle Holdings acquisition of Peter Stevens Motorcycles and Harley Heaven dealerships | |
| Jun 2025 | Duxton Dairies (Cobram) | – | Duxton Farms | Scheme | Legal adviser to Duxton Farms (acquirer) | Completed | 102.9 | Agriculture and agribusiness | Chapman Capital Partners (buy-side)Addisons (sell-side)Grant Thornton | Duxton Farms acquisition of Duxton Dairies (Cobram) |
| Jun 2025 | 6 Sunray Drive, Innaloo (IKEA Perth store) | GDI No.43 Property Trust | IKEA | Asset sale | Legal adviser to IKEA (acquirer) | Completed | 163.8 | REITs and property funds | IKEA acquisition of 6 Sunray Drive, Innaloo (IKEA Perth store) | |
| Jun 2025 | Bureau Veritas' food testing business | Bureau Veritas | Mérieux NutriSciences | Acquisition | Legal adviser to Mérieux NutriSciences (acquirer) | Completed | 620.2 | Business and professional services | Gide (buy-side) | Mérieux NutriSciences acquisition of Bureau Veritas' food testing business |
| Jun 2025 | Limestone Estate | New Forests | OneFortyOne | Asset sale | Legal adviser to New Forests (seller) | Completed | – | Packaging, paper and forestry | OneFortyOne acquisition of Limestone Estate | |
| Jun 2025 | Freedom Furniture | Greenlit Brands | Amart Furniture | Acquisition | Legal adviser to Greenlit Brands (seller) | Announced | – | Retail and e-commerce | Jarden (sell-side) | Quadrant Private Equity acquisition of Freedom Furniture |
| May 2025 | New World Resources | – | Central Asia Metals | Scheme | Legal adviser to Central Asia Metals (acquirer) | Withdrawn | 185.0 | Copper and base metals | Sternship Advisers (sell-side)National Bank Financial (sell-side)Hamilton Locke (sell-side)Dorsey & Whitney (sell-side) | Central Asia Metals acquisition of New World Resources |
| May 2025 | Ntsimbintle Mining (Pty) | Ntsimbintle Holdings Proprietary | Exxaro Resources | Acquisition | Legal adviser to Exxaro Resources (acquirer) | Completed | 930.0 | Lithium and battery metals | Exxaro Resources acquisition of Ntsimbintle Mining (Pty) | |
| May 2025 | Jupiter Mines | – | Exxaro Resources | Stake | Legal adviser to Exxaro Resources (acquirer) | Completed | – | Lithium and battery metals | Exxaro Resources stake in Jupiter Mines | |
| May 2025 | Conrad Asia Energy | – | – | Placement | Legal adviser to the issuer | Completed | 9.0 | Oil and gas | Wilsons Advisory (lead manager)Bell Potter (lead manager) | Conrad Asia Energy placement |
| Apr 2025 | Mandalay Resources | – | Alkane Resources | Merger | Legal adviser to Mandalay Resources (target) | Completed | 1,000.0 | Gold and silver | Haywood Securities (sell-side)GenCap Mining Advisory (sell-side)Goodmans (sell-side)Bell Potter (buy-side)Euroz Hartleys (buy-side)HopgoodGanim Lawyers (buy-side)Bennett Jones (buy-side) | Alkane Resources and Mandalay Resources merger |
| Apr 2025 | Ainsworth Game Technology | – | Novomatic AG | Scheme | Legal and tax adviser to Ainsworth Game Technology (target) | Withdrawn | 336.5 | Hospitality, leisure and gaming | Macquarie Capital (sell-side)Lonergan Edwards & Associates (sell-side) | Novomatic AG acquisition of Ainsworth Game Technology |
| Apr 2025 | Ardea Resources | – | – | Placement | Legal adviser to the issuer | Completed | 4.6 | Lithium and battery metals | Ardea Resources placement | |
| Apr 2025 | Portfolio of warehouses across New South Wales and Queensland | – | Morgan Stanley Real Estate Investing investment vehicle | Joint venture | Legal adviser to investment vehicle sponsored by Morgan Stanley Real Estate Investing (acquirer); Legal adviser to investment vehicles sponsored by Morgan Stanley Real Estate Investing | Announced | – | REITs and property funds | Corrs Chambers Westgarth | Morgan Stanley Real Estate Investing investment vehicle acquisition of Portfolio of warehouses across New South Wales and Queensland |
| Feb 2025 | PointsBet Holdings | – | MIXI Australia | Scheme | Legal adviser to MIXI (acquirer) | Announced | 402.0 | Hospitality, leisure and gaming | Flagstaff Partners (sell-side)Baker McKenzie (sell-side)PwC (sell-side)Grant Samuel (sell-side)Nomura (buy-side)Mori Hamada & Matsumoto (buy-side)Senet (buy-side)Aird & Berlis (buy-side)Arnold Bloch Leibler | MIXI Australia acquisition of PointsBet Holdings |
| Feb 2025 | Hastings Technology Metals | – | – | Joint venture | Legal adviser to Wyloo | Completed | – | Rare earths, mineral sands and critical minerals | Acquisition of Hastings Technology Metals | |
| Feb 2025 | Neo Performance Materials | Hastings Technology Metals | Wyloo | Stake | Legal adviser to Wyloo (acquirer) | Completed | 79.8 | Rare earths, mineral sands and critical minerals | Wyloo stake in Neo Performance Materials | |
| Feb 2025 | Eumundi Group | – | SEQ Hospitality Group | Scheme | Legal adviser to SEQ Hospitality Group (acquirer) | Completed | 80.6 | Hospitality, leisure and gaming | HopgoodGanim Lawyers (sell-side) | SEQ Hospitality Group acquisition of Eumundi Group |
| Feb 2025 | Rhodes Ridge Iron Ore Project | VOC Group | Mitsui & Co | Stake | Legal adviser to VOC Group (seller) | Completed | 4,785.4 | Iron ore and steel | Macquarie Capital (sell-side) | Mitsui & Co stake in Rhodes Ridge Iron Ore Project |
| Nov 2024 | AVJennings | – | PM Nominees C | Scheme | Legal adviser to AVID Property Group (acquirer) | Completed | 365.0 | Property development and services | Barrenjoey (sell-side)Allens (sell-side)PwC (sell-side)Kroll (sell-side) | Proprium Capital Partners (Australia) acquisition of AVJennings |
Listed on their website
- Clayton Utz advising Peet on $1 billion scheme of arrangement with Ingenia Communities Group $1 billion · 2026
Transactions the firm lists on its own website, checked 7 Nov 2026. Those FundComb has recorded link to the deal.
Activity
By announcement date; raisings and IPOs by their own date.
Headline tables where the firm reached the top ten, ranked as each table opens.
Sector of the business bought or funded.
Disclosed value in Australian dollars.
Most often across the table
- Baker McKenzie
2 dealsCompare - PwC
2 dealsCompare - Allens
2 dealsCompare - HopgoodGanim Lawyers2 dealsCompare
- Flagstaff Partners
1 dealCompare - Grant Samuel1 dealCompare
- Addisons
1 dealCompare - K&L Gates
1 dealCompare
Firms advising the other side of the same deals.
Repeat clients
- Duxton Farms3 deals
- Ardea Resources2 deals
- Eagers Automotive2 deals
- Exxaro Resources2 deals
- Wyloo2 deals
League table positions
| Table | 2026 YTD | CY2025 |
|---|---|---|
| M&A legal advisers | – | #7 (22) |
| M&A legal advisers, completed | #4 (13) | – |
Rank as each table opens (by deal value, independent experts by number of reports), with the deal count in brackets. Top ten places shown.
People on these deals
All 142 people →- Mark Paganin Partner, Corporate Advisory/M&A Practice Group Leader (Perth) · 8 deals
- Stephen Neale Partner · 7 deals
- Rory Moriarty Partner, Co-Head of International and Head of Corporate M&A Sydney · 6 deals
- Stephanie Daveson Partner · 6 deals
- Chamali Samarasinghe 4 deals
- Hiroyuki Kano Partner · 4 deals
- Hugh Brolsma Partner · 4 deals
- Kimberley Bruce Partner · 4 deals
- Laura van Stekelenburg 4 deals
- Lisa Tolhurst Special Counsel · 4 deals
- Michael Linehan Partner · 4 deals
- Natalie Harawira 4 deals
Offices and contact
Contact
- Website
- claytonutz.com ↗
- Phone
- (02) 9353 4000
- Enquiries
- Contact page ↗
- Company page ↗
From the firm's own website.
Offices
- Brisbane Level 28, Riparian Plaza, 71 Eagle Street, QLD +61 7 3292 7000 Office page ↗
- Canberra Level 10, NewActon Nishi, 2 Phillip Law Street, ACT 2601 +61 2 6279 4000 Office page ↗
- Darwin 17-19 Lindsay Street, NT +61 8 8943 2555 Office page ↗
- Melbourne 120 Collins Street, VIC +61 3 9286 6000 Office page ↗
- Perth Level 27, QV.1 Building, 250 St Georges Terrace, WA +61 8 9426 8000 Office page ↗
- Sydney Level 15, 1 Bligh Street, NSW +61 2 9353 4000 Office page ↗